Famed rap group Public Enemy will be featured amongst a
stellar lineup during the three-day 10th Annual Coachella Valley Music &
Arts Festival
The event, which is being headlined by Beatles founder Sir Paul McCartney,
boasts hundreds of diverse acts during the festival, which takes place from
April 17 – 19th at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.
Public Enemy will grace the stage on the event’s closing night, on April 19.
The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival was founded in 1999 by Paul Tollett.
Over the years, the festival has featured rappers like The Beastie Boys, Gangstarr,
Souls of Mischief, Living Legends, Pharoah Monch and others.
“I want people who go to Coachella to look back and say the years they’ve gone
to Coachella they’ve seen the freshest up-and-coming artists and music history
all at the same time,” Tollett said.
Other acts slated to appear during the Coachellla music festival include The
Killers and The Cure.
Rappers People Under The Stairs (April 17), Peanut Butter Wolf (April 17) and
troubled singer Amy Winehouse, who will appear April 18.
“I think this is her first appearance since she played Coachella [in 2007],”
Tollett said adding: “So much has happened since, I think that’s an incredible
one.”
